Intimate Apparel – Interactive Literature Workbook: Character, Themes & Dramatic Analysis

Designed specifically for BFI American English and Comparative Literature courses.

Help students explore Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage through structured, interactive activities that encourage close reading, critical thinking, and independent literary analysis. Designed to support students as they collect evidence, analyse characters and relationships, explore Nottage’s dramatic methods and literary techniques, and develop the skills needed for literary essays and assessments.

Format:
Self-paced workbook covering the complete play (29 pages)
Structured grids, organisers, and writing spaces for independent or classroom use
Printable for lessons, homework, revision, and exam preparation

It includes:
Contextualising the Play (early twentieth-century New York, race and segregation, gender expectations,…)
Dramatic Perspective Tracker
Character Tracker & Relationship Tracker
Key Quotations Bank (speaker, context, dramatic and literary methods, significance, and themes)
Key Turning Points Analysis
Symbols & Motifs Tracker
Personal Critical Reflection

Perfect for:
BFI American English courses and exam preparation
Comparative Literature courses
Close reading, dramatic analysis, and essay writing
Students studying Intimate Apparel in class or independently
Developing confident analysis of dramatic methods, characterisation, symbolism, structure, setting, and themes
Exploring themes including race, class, gender, sexuality, love, loneliness, marriage, religion, cultural identity, economic independence, desire, respectability, friendship, power, and the search for identity and belonging.